Biography
Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE, known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress, author, and comedian. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. Walters has been nominated twice for an Academy Award: once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. Walters rose to prominence playing the title role in Educating Rita (1983), a role which she originated...
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Complete Filmography

Paddington in Peru
2024
as Mrs. Bird
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling ad...

The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Marking 70 years since the Queen ascended the throne, Britain’s best-loved stars share memories of the changes they have lived through during her reig...

The Abominable Snow Baby
2021
as Granny
Based on the short story from Terry Pratchett's book of Christmas tales entitled "Father Christmas's Fake Beard". It tells the story of a quintessenti...

Parkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the interview trade and remembering some of his favourit...

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at their favorite Dibley moments, and for the first ...

Chefs' Burnt Bits
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Cookery and food disasters aren't the exclusive domain of home cooks... things famously go wrong for TV chefs for millions of viewers to see. Chefs i...
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
as Self - Narrator
This was of course a fitting look into the world of Julia Donaldson, whose books have kept the BBC in Christmas animations for the last few years, and...

Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020
A look back at the life and work of one of Britain's greatest comediennes, featuring interviews with those who worked alongside Victoria.

The Secret Garden
2020
as Mrs. Medlock
Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with ...

The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020
as Narrator (voice)
This one-hour special documentary celebrates 25 star-studded years of the National Television Awards, with contributions from stars including Graham N...

Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
as Mrs. Elizabeth Moley / Queen (voice)
The story of a young Mole and his adventure to pick a rose from the Queen's Garden, not knowing that this simple act will change, not only his life, b...

Weasels: Feisty and Fearless
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Members of the weasel family are often portrayed as the villains of the natural world, but do they deserve this reputation? By following the adventure...

Wild Rose
2019
as Marion
A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

The Queen's Corgi
2019
as The Queen (voice)
Since his arrival at Buckingham palace, Rex lives a life of luxury. Top dog, he has superseded his three fellow Corgis in Her Majesty’s heart. His arr...

Mary Poppins Returns
2018
as Ellen
Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Rosie Mulligan
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each ...

Sherlock Gnomes
2018
as Mrs. Montague (voice)
Garden gnomes Gnomeo & Juliet recruit renown detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Bella Turner
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her...

Paddington 2
2017
as Mrs. Bird
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)
2016
as Narrator (voice)
A warm and witty celebration of Sue Townsend's life and writing, the story is told with the help of children from Sue's old school, her friends and fa...

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
as Self
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of Dahl's 10 b...

There's Something About Romcoms
2016
as Narrator (voice)
The inside story of the best modern romcoms with Meg Ryan, Hugh Grant, Richard Curtis, Dermot Mulrooney, Rupert Everett, Jason Alexander, Stephen Merc...

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
as Self
Friends and fans pay tribute to a great comic talent in this celebration of the life and work of the hugely popular Victoria Wood, who died of cancer ...

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.

Brooklyn
2015
as Madge Kehoe
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

Paddington
2014
as Mrs. Bird
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, w...

Effie Gray
2014
as Margaret Cox Ruskin
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

The Harry Hill Movie
2013
as Nan
Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.

One Chance
2013
as Yvonne
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night...

Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Gran (voice)
A heart-warming tale about friendship, honor & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.

The Legend of Mor'du
2012
as The Witch (voice)
The witch from Pixar's Brave uses magical illustrations to tell the legend of a power-obsessed prince who sought a magic spell that would allow him to...

National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
2012
as Judy Haussman
Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilap...

Brave
2012
as The Witch (voice)
Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter a...

When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews was given unprecedented access to the behind-the-scenes of the final days of the final two Harry Potter ...

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011
as Molly Weasley (archive footage)
To mark the release two weeks ago of the eighth and final movie in the series, Robbie Coltrane narrates a countdown of the movie franchise's best mome...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Molly Weasley
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wiza...

Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
as Lady Montague (voice)
A version of Shakespeare's play, set in the world of warring indoor and outdoor gnomes. Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to over...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Molly Weasley
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for ...

Mo
2010
as Mo Mowlam
A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.

Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
This is the time of year when friends and family gather round the television to exchange the traditional greeting -“Don’t bother, there’s nothing on”....

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Molly Weasley
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie wi...

A Short Stay in Switzerland
2009
as Dr. Anne Turner
Just after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So she plans to end her life he...
Birthing Mamma Mia!
2008
as Self
This short documentary is about the making of the 2008 film musical "Mamma Mia!".

Mamma Mia!
2008
as Rosie Mulligan
A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of fin...

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008
as Mary Whitehouse
The story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Molly Weasley
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Le...

Becoming Jane
2007
as Mrs. Austen
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

The Ruby in the Smoke
2006
as Mrs. Holland
Sally Lockhart has struck a man dead with just three words, sent to her in a message from her father just before he drowned in the South China Seas. B...

Driving Lessons
2006
as Evie Walton
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.

Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006
as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (Not Bingo Nights)
Acorn Antiques: The Musical! is the all-singing, all-dancing and fully overalled stage version of the beloved TV spoof. The triumphant West End produ...

Wah-Wah
2005
as Gwen Traherne
Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, throu...

Ahead of the Class
2005
as Marie Stubbs
Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: t...

Mickybo and Me
2005
as Mickybo's Ma
The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the S...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Molly Weasley
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts...

The Return
2003
as Izzie
A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a diff...

Calendar Girls
2003
as Annie Clarke
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Molly Weasley
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

Before You Go
2002
as Teresa
The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sist...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Molly Weasley
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with ...

All Forgotten
2001
as Princess Zasyekin
A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800s Russia.

Strange Relations
2001
as Sheila Fitzpatrick
Drama - A NYC psychiatrist is diagnosed with leukemia - and when he finds out he was adopted, he travels to England in search of his birth mother and ...

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

Billy Elliot
2000
as Mrs Wilkinson
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the l...

Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998
as Fairy Godmother
A televised pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk featuring various celebrities.

Talking Heads 2
1998
A series of monologues.

Titanic Town
1998
as Bernie McPhelimy
Belfast 1972: The politically naive Bernie is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal surroundings. Her best friend is accidentally sho...
Girls' Night
1998
as Jackie Simpson
Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she'...

Bathtime
1997
as Miss Gideon
A man tries to commit suicide for the love of his goldfish, but finds it surprisingly difficult to accomplish.

Brazen Hussies
1996
as Maureen Hardcastle
After meeting her old school friend Sandra Delaney, who now works as a stripper, pub owner Maureen Hardcastle decides to spice up her flagging busines...

Intimate Relations
1996
as Marjorie
In 1950s England, sailor Harold Guppy arrives in a small seaside town looking for his estranged brother. After a brief reunion, Harold finds a room fo...
Little Red Riding Hood
1995
as Little Red Riding Hood
Roald Dahl's version of Little Red Riding Hood

Sister My Sister
1994
as Madame Danzard
A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a ne...

Requiem Apache
1994
as Mrs. Capstan
Alan Bleasdale's comic crime caper for Channel 4 about a former getaway driver desperate to leave his life of crime behind. Featuring Alfred Molina, D...

Pat and Margaret
1994
as Pat
Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, fo...

Bambino Mio
1994
as Alice
A woman fights to adopt a war baby from the Third World after becoming unable to conceive.

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self
A documentary about actor Michael Caine. Narrated by Caine himself, it includes interviews of his family, friends and colleagues and clips from some o...

The Summer House
1993
as Monica
Margaret is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl. Both bride- and groom-to-be still l...

Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
as Diana Longden
Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they enjoy their two grown children and Deric's dotty ...

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
A television comedy special broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day 1992. Sketches, stand-up comedy and songs combine to create the latest daytime show ...

Just Like a Woman
1992
as Monica
Gerald is a smart, young, high-flying American banker. Everything is great until his wife finds another woman's underwear in their bedroom and subsequ...

Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Julie Walters stars in new sketches by four accomplished writers who helped make her famous.

Stepping Out
1991
as Vera
A has-been Broadway performer gives tap lessons to a group of misfits who, through their dance classes, bond and realize what they can achieve.

Mack the Knife
1989
as Mrs. Peachum
In the 19th century London, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal and they decide to get married. Her family strongly disapproves so her...

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
as Judith
A man, always very devoted to his mother, decides to look for his father whom he never met. He meets a seducing older woman prone to drinking and her ...

An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self - Questioner
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch...

Buster
1988
as June Edwards
Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact...

Talking Heads
1988
Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopefu...

Acorn Antiques
1987
as Mrs. Overall
Starring Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, with the snobby continuity announcer played by Susie Blake, Acorn Antiques was a m...

The Birthday Party
1987
as Lulu
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]

Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Elsie Orton
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they sta...

Personal Services
1987
as Christine Painter
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows C...

Car Trouble
1986
as Jacqueline
In the throes of a midlife crisis, a man buys a new Jaguar, and it immediately becomes his new love. What he doesn't know is that his wife is as attra...

An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a celebrity audience.

Dreamchild
1985
as Dormouse (voice)
Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honor of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice had a...

Unfair Exchanges
1985
as Mavis
Julie Walters stars as a single mother seemingly haunted by a sinister telephone system that seems to have become an evil intelligence in its own righ...

An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne Bancroft, writer comedian Ronny Graham and British Shakespe...

She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas
1984
as Fran
A humorous and revealing tale of a group of eight women from varying walks of life, who have volunteered for a rugged survival course at a tough mount...

Educating Rita
1983
as Rita Susan White
Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of li...

Say Something Happened
1982
as June Potter
An inexperienced social worker is sent to interview an elderly couple deemed to be “at risk”, but ends up learning just as much about herself.

Intensive Care
1982
as Valery
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sur...
Happy Since I Met You
1981
as Frances
A play by Victoria Wood. Frances is 28, single and happy, despite ritual interrogation from her family as to why she's not married. Then she meets Jim...

Days at the Beach
1981
as Mrs Morgan
In 1920 a trio of British soldiers have to guard an exploded mine washes up on a beach. Part of the BBC2 Playhouse strand.

Nearly a Happy Ending
1980
as Julie
A play by Victoria Wood. Maureen has been faithfully attending the slimmers' club for months. Now the weeks of endless crispbreads have paid off - but...

Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980
as Self - Good Fun Cast Member
This 1980 Arena documentary profiles writer and performer Victoria Wood and teenage playwright Andrea Dunbar. Wood is seen, alongside Julie Walters, d...

Talent
1979
as Julie
A play with music by Victoria Wood. Julie (Julie Walters) is a young woman seeking escape, with the help of her frumpish friend Maureen (Wood) she pr...

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
as Debbie
One man's view of the British Army in Germany - the social life, discipline, drink, women and, occasionally, the defence of the West.

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
as Woman in waiting room
A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

Occupy!
1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Bill Nighy, Pete Postlewaite and (briefly) Julie Walters, then all of the Everyman Theatre Company, feature in this potent reportage/dramatisation hyb...

Club Havana
1975
as Terry
After 12 years away, Mrs Jordan’s son arrives in Birmingham from Jamaica. Writer Barry Reckord returns to the theme of an interracial relationship whi...

What Would Julie Do?
N/A
as Julie
An actress prepares for an audition
Mamma Mia! 3
N/A
as Rosie Mulligan
The third installment of the “Mamma Mia!” franchise.